Bonfouca, Louisiana | |
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Coordinates: 30°16′09″N 89°50′40″W / 30.26917°N 89.84444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Parish | St. Tammany |
Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 985 |
GNIS feature ID | 560246 [1] |
Bonfouca (also Bonfonca, Boucffouca, Bouefuka, Boukfouca) is an unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. [1] It is on Louisiana Highway 433 adjacent to Liberty Bayou two miles west of Slidell. [2]
It is speculated that the name derives from the Choctaw words bok meaning river and fuka meaning home or residence in the Choctaw language. The name Bokfuka was given to a Choctaw chief that attacked the German Coast of Louisiana in the year 1747. [3] Then in the year 1802 Louis-Narcisse Baudry Des Lozieres documents the name of the tribe and used the French transliteration of Bonifoucas.